OK here is the plan (hope you all agree): I plan to start the e-bay auction on Friday May 11th but will of course have pix up before that so we can all publicize it. I will have the build at the Geektopia LAN party the weekend of the start of the auction. How long should we run it in e-bay?

I think the auction length should depend on how long beforehand the system is finished. the level of publicity we can give the project once completed will be much higher than before, so if the rig is finished 3 days before posting it on eBay we would want a longer auction to give more time for advertising.

If possible we should try and get some coverage in customPC (if not other magazines as well), I imagine they would like the idea, considering how well this reflects on the community here.

OK here is the plan (hope you all agree): I plan to start the e-bay auction on Friday May 11th but will of course have pix up before that so we can all publicize it. I will have the build at the Geektopia LAN party the weekend of the start of the auction. How long should we run it in e-bay?

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Originally Posted by yougotkicked

I think the auction length should depend on how long beforehand the system is finished. the level of publicity we can give the project once completed will be much higher than before, so if the rig is finished 3 days before posting it on eBay we would want a longer auction to give more time for advertising.

If possible we should try and get some coverage in customPC (if not other magazines as well), I imagine they would like the idea, considering how well this reflects on the community here.

I don't know how long the 'traditional' e-bay auction runs but I agree that some pics before auction will definitely help.

Also I think the lead time for any magazine article is longer than we are looking at here.

Maybe we can con a front page splash out of Bit-Tech for those who might not read the project logs forum?

Maybe we can con a front page splash out of Bit-Tech for those who might not read the project logs forum?

My $0.02USD

john

Exactly what I was thinking but didn't get around to saying, it's not conning it, highlighting an awesome cause for an awesome member of the modding community, I think bit-tech should be happy for having such a positive article on the front page really, hope they will be up for that fingers crossed.

Darth, there's no way to install one of the sticks, POST it and get into BIOS to change voltage settings? If not, that blows!

lol did that at the start. I custom set all the voltage and timings when it would not boot, told it to use XMP even - profile comes up correct but more than 1 stick of ANY ram I have an no worry for that matter. thinking diff mobo